Trains and other things: Stehag, Svågertorp, Åkarp, Hässleholm

It's time for my annual Skåne trip, which I'm usually doing at the end of the summer. This time I was thinking to cross the bridge, but it was not possible due to Covid.

I'm on my way from Stockholm to Skåne on a Friday afternoon

Stockholm Central station

This time I'm taking X2 train

Linköping

Hector Rail train on the way to Katrineholm

Sommen

Mjölby

Lund

I will be staying in Lund for this and the next night

The new tram line is already built but not officially in use yet

Late-night trains are passing by in Lund, here is 4172 to Borlänge

Rd2 1111

Snälltåget

Train 44100 to Folkesta

185 679 from TX Logistik

The next day starts with a foggy weather

I'm taking a Pågatåg train from Lund to Stehag

Stehag is located at Södra stambanan (Sothern mainline), the station closed in 1979 and re-opened in 1988 when Pågatåg service started

Here is train 4615 from Hallsberg to Malmö

Rc4 1268

Train 40973

441 001, Eurosprinter

Home for cats is searching for staff

After returning back from Stehag to Lund, there is temporary sunny weather

I'm on my way closer to the bridge, now at Hjärup station

There is a major railway upgrade on the route Lund-Malmö. During all week the traffic was disrupted, while the temporary railroad was connected to the mainline.

In some years, there will be 4 tracks on the line and one new station

Now it is a shower outside

Train 42711 from Falköping to Germany

241 010 "Yoda"

From Hjärup I'm traveling to Svågertorp station

I've traveled about 20km south, and the weather here is completely different

This is as close to Denmark that I can come at this time

Malmö Svågertorp station opened in 2000 and was operated by Öresundståg on the way to Copenhagen, but was shut down 10 years later at the time when Citytunnel opened.

From 2011 Pågatåg to/from Ystad were stopping here, but from 2015 they were replaced by Pågatåg to/from Trelleborg. From 2018, Pågatåg from the ring line is stopping here as well.

There is not much around this station, but within a walking distance, there is an IKEA store

I was about to visit the IKEA, but then I saw that there was a long queue to enter (due to Corona restrictions) so I decided to not do that

New electric busses are operating in Malmö

As I could not cross the bridge, I will be watching the freight train traveling to Denmark instead

Here is DB Cargo train 44729 from Malmö to Maschen

EG 3101

There are two locomotives on this train, Eurosprinter, and Traxx

Eurosprinter EG is a long one, 20.95m while the Traxx is only 18.9m

185 323, Traxx F140 AC2

I have a feeling that it is the same wagons I saw earlier today at Stehag, hauled by a Hector Rail locomotive then.

Train 42711 has now reached Svågertorp after a stop in Malmö

Train 42711 is heading from Falköping to Krefeld Uerdingen

241 010 "Yoda"

"New" cars for Snälltåget

Malmö freight railyard viewed from Pågatåg train

I'm now visiting the second of the 3 stations at the Lund-Malmö section

Temporary tracks and platforms at Åkarp station

Train 75313 from Älmhult to Malmö

Td 412 and 402

The new railway will be constructed to the right of the old station building, the temporary one is located to the left

It's busy traffic here in Åkarp

Train 46252 from Gent-Zeehaven to Älmhult

It is a Green Cargo train, but the DB locomotive is used here

185 337

Train 41755 from Rosersberg to Lübeck

185 328

Train 5613 Hallsberg-Malmö

Rd2 1096

Td 399

I'm back at Svågertorp

Seems that there has been an issue with tracks, a railway worker from Infranord is inspecting

Train 42775 from Malmö to Wanne

185 327

The train has Intermodal freight from Fixemer and LKW Walter

Train 37794 from the bridge is approaching Svågertorp

This train has many numbers, in Denmark, it is numbered 42704, when crossing the bridge and until Malmö it is 37793, later on from Malmö to Gamlarp it is 46020.

241 005 "Solo"

The traffic is busy here in Svågertorp, 3 different Pågatåg lines (Ystad, Trelleborg and the Ring line), together with as it turns out plenty of freight services

Freight trains are the only international services here, as Pågatåg only operates in Sweden, and Öresundståg are taking the Citytunnel route

Train 36607 (previously 41755) is now on the way to Denmark and later to Lübeck

Train 44733 from Malmö to Gremberg

EG 3102

The DSB EG series are six-axle electric locomotives from the locomotive family known as EuroSprinter from Siemens Transportation Systems. They were built for the Danske Statsbaner (DSB).

With the construction of the Great Belt crossing, the need for a powerful electric locomotive arose. On the up to 15.6 ‰ steep inclines in the Great Belt Tunnel, if half of the traction equipment fails, the remaining tractive power should be sufficient to leave the tunnel with a 2000 ton freight train. This requirement led to the construction of a six-axle locomotive with two three-axle powered bogies.

Based on the modular technique of freight locomotive Class 152 of the Deutsche Bahn AG were used in the locomotives of DSB proven standard components and systems developed by Siemens and Krauss Maffei traffic engineering Euro Sprinter family of the second generation are used.

It was procured in 1999 and 2000 in a number of 13 copies. (Wikipedia - DSB EG)